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Aided by seniors keen on making the campus look great for their graduation, the Bates grounds crew plants annuals here and there, including an iconic Commencement location.

For the first time since 2019, a Bates senior class will march as one from Alumni Walk to the Historic Quad to celebrate Commencement. Here's what you need to know.

The true joys of spring arrive as April slides into May and...

Displaced offices and student groups will move temporarily to the former convent the college bought last year from St. Mary's

Trish Morse '60 recalls Commencement 2000, sitting with Archbishop Desmond Tutu on the Coram Terrace, watching the academic procession arrive, and talking — a conversation she recalls often, particularly after learning of his death in December.

As the year ticks to a close, here’s a top-10 countdown of the 10 BatesNews stories, from Jan. 1, 2021, to now, with the most views.

Read Article Bates College seniors gathered Thursday for a commencement ceremony that wasn’t quite the same as in pre-COVID times but came close. Screenshot from video LEWISTON — Wearing black robes and a lot of maroon masks, Bates College seniors lined up on a lovely May Thursday to the tolling of the bell atop Hathorn Hall for a commencement ceremony that seemed almost normal after a college experience that was anything but. Overcoming the “pretty high hurdles” imposed by the COVID...

Phyllis Graber Jensen Published on May 18, 2021 The month of May represents the end of the academic year. As the beauty of spring emerges, we experience bittersweet acknowledgments: of the work that remains to be done, the sudden anticipation of goodbyes, and contemplation of life after graduation. Congratulations and thanks to all for the strength and determination you modeled during the challenging year of 2020–21. Footwork Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College Adelaide Armah ’23 o...

Guest seating opens: 1pm no guests seated after 2:15pm Ceremony starts: 3pm Seniors will only be allowed access to the ceremony for which they are scheduled. Seniors may not change their ceremony time. After their ceremony, seniors have until 7 p.m. to move out of their campus rooms — but we encourage all seniors to move out as soon as your ceremony is over.  Guests and Ticket Update Each graduating senior who is on campus for Commencement and participating in-person may invite two guests...

Phyllis Graber Jensen Published on March 30, 2021 “It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade,” wrote Charles Dickens in Great Expectations. Yes, we saw exactly what Dickens meant as March 2021 came in cold, became warm, and departed with some chill winds (all in all, a benign month, weather-wise).  But whatever the weather, our forward-looking faculty, students, and staff took it in strid...